Article: KITCHEN OF FUTURE A MACHINE FOR LIVING.(AT HOME)

Byline: MARY DANIELS Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO Call it maxed-out minimalism: the kitchen of the new millennium.

New and remodeled kitchens today are responding to changing lifestyles and shrinking spaces with efficiency-minded layouts, state-of-the-art appliances, stone surfaces for easy cleanups, innovative storage to free up counter space, and above all crisp, clean lines.

Like the Eurostyle kitchen, these are sleek too. But not just sleek. They are like visual poetry, a new art form built around efficiency and function.

``It is easy to make these things beautiful,'' says architect Bob Kleinschmidt, ``but making it function as a ...

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